Visualisation – Change in ice surface height of Antarctica 2003 and 2012

Change in ice surface height of Antarctica between 2003 and 2012 due to ice dynamics (the flow of ice) and surface mass balance (SMB; the difference between snowfall and melt), based on the results of the RATES project.

Reference: Martín‐Español A, Zammit‐Mangion A, Clarke PJ et al. ( 2016), Spatial and temporal Antarctic Ice Sheet mass trends, glacio‐isostatic adjustment, and surface processes from a joint inversion of satellite altimeter, gravity, and GPS data, JGR: Earth Surface, 121, 182– 200 (doi:10.1002/2015JF003550).

Visualisation: S Chuter